ectyper
Tags: escherichia-coli serotyping fasta bactopia-tool
In silico prediction of Escherichia coli serotype.
This Bactopia Tool uses ECTyper to conduct in silico prediction of serotype for Escherichia coli genomes. It uses the genome assemblies to provide basic species identification and the predicted E. coli serotype (e.g. O174:H21).
Usage
Bactopia CLI:
bactopia --wf ectyper \
--bactopia /path/to/your/bactopia/results
Nextflow:
nextflow run bactopia/bactopia/workflows/bactopia-tools/ectyper/main.nf \
--bactopia /path/to/your/bactopia/results
Outputs
Expected Output Files
<BACTOPIA_DIR>
├── <SAMPLE_NAME>
│ └── tools
│ └── ectyper-<TIMESTAMP>
│ ├── <SAMPLE_NAME>.blast_alleles.txt
│ ├── <SAMPLE_NAME>.tsv
│ └── logs
│ ├── ectyper.log
│ ├── nf.command.{begin,err,log,out,run,sh,trace}
│ └── versions.yml
└── bactopia-runs
└── ectyper-<TIMESTAMP>
├── merged-results
│ ├── ectyper.tsv
│ └── logs
│ └── ectyper-concat
│ ├── nf.command.{begin,err,log,out,run,sh,trace}
│ └── versions.yml
└── nf-reports
├── ectyper-dag.dot
├── ectyper-report.html
└── ectyper-timeline.html
Per-Sample Results
| File | Description |
|---|---|
*.tsv | Tab-delimited file with ECTyper result |
blast_output_alleles.txt | Allele report generated from BLAST results |
Merged Results
| File | Description |
|---|---|
ectyper.tsv | Merged TSV file containing ECTyper results from all samples |
Audit Trail
Below are files that can assist you in understanding which parameters and program versions were used.
Logs
Each process that is executed will have a folder named logs. In this folder are helpful
files for you to review if the need ever arises.
| Extension | Description |
|---|---|
| .begin | An empty file used to designate the process started |
| .err | Contains STDERR outputs from the process |
| .log | Contains both STDERR and STDOUT outputs from the process |
| .out | Contains STDOUT outputs from the process |
| .run | The script Nextflow uses to stage/unstage files and queue processes based on given profile |
| .sh | The script executed by bash for the process |
| .trace | The Nextflow trace report for the process |
| versions.yml | A YAML formatted file with program versions |
Nextflow Reports
These Nextflow reports provide great a great summary of your run. These can be used to optimize resource usage and estimate expected costs if using cloud platforms.
| Filename | Description |
|---|---|
| ectyper-dag.dot | The Nextflow DAG visualization |
| ectyper-report.html | The Nextflow Execution Report |
| ectyper-timeline.html | The Nextflow Timeline Report |
| ectyper-trace.txt | The Nextflow Trace report |
Parameters
Required Parameters
Define where the pipeline should find input data and save output data.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--bactopia | string | The path to bactopia results to use as inputs |
ECTyper Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--ectyper_opid | integer | 90 | Percent identity required for an O antigen allele match |
--ectyper_opcov | integer | 90 | Minimum percent coverage required for an O antigen allele match |
--ectyper_hpid | integer | 95 | Percent identity required for an H antigen allele match |
--ectyper_hpcov | integer | 50 | Minimum percent coverage required for an H antigen allele match |
Filtering Parameters
Use these parameters to specify which samples to include or exclude.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--include | string | A text file containing sample names (one per line) to include from the analysis | |
--exclude | string | A text file containing sample names (one per line) to exclude from the analysis |
Optional Parameters
These optional parameters can be useful in certain settings.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--outdir | string | bactopia | Base directory to write results to |
Nextflow Profile Parameters
Parameters to fine-tune your Nextflow setup.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--datasets_cache | string | <HOME>/.bactopia/datasets | Directory where downloaded datasets should be stored. |
Helpful Parameters
Uncommonly used parameters that might be useful.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--wf | string | bactopia | Specify which workflow or Bactopia Tool to execute |
--list_wfs | boolean | List the available workflows and Bactopia Tools to use with '--wf' | |
--help_all | boolean | An alias for --help --show_hidden_params | |
--version | boolean | Display version text. |
Composition
This workflow uses the following subworkflows:
- ectyper - In silico prediction of Escherichia coli serotype.
Citations
If you use this in your analysis, please cite the following.
-
Bactopia
Petit III RA, Read TD Bactopia - a flexible pipeline for complete analysis of bacterial genomes. mSystems 5 (2020) -
ECTyper
Laing C, Bessonov K, Sung S, La Rose C ECTyper - In silico prediction of Escherichia coli serotype (GitHub)